Burroughs v. Jones
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court of Sunflower county. Hon. A. Mo. C. Kimbrough, Chancellor. Burroughs, appellant, was the complainant in the court below; Jones and others, appellees, were defendants there. The suit was once before in the supreme court and is reported. Bwroughs v. Jones, 78 Miss., 235 (28 So., 944). The facts of the case were fully stated by the court in the opinion then delivered,* to which reference is made.
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From the chancery court of Sunflower county. Hon. A. Mo. C. Kimbrough, Chancellor. Burroughs, appellant, was the complainant in the court below; Jones and others, appellees, were defendants there. The suit was once before in the supreme court and is reported. Bwroughs v. Jones, 78 Miss., 235 (28 So., 944). The facts of the case were fully stated by the court in the opinion then delivered,* to which reference is made. After the remand of the case to the court below, the suit was consolidated with the case of Orañg v. Bwroughs, mentioned in the former opinion, and in this way all proper parties…
1Opinion of the CourtTerral, J.
In this case it seems to have been the intention of the vendor of the tract, of land to make the times of the payment of the installments of the purchase money of the essence of the contract; for, though eight per centum per annum interest was specified as a compensation for any delay in the payment of the purchase money, it was also provided that if the purchaser did not literally comply with his contract, he should forfeit all right thereunder. The purchaser made a cash payment of $50, and made the first annual payment some nineteen days after it became due. He failed, however, to pay the…
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